Measurement of the Frequency Stability of Responders in Aircraft,
Abstract
Measurement on an aircraft orbit, such as a satellite launching orbit, is made by the responder in the aircraft along with several remote track stations on the ground. During the launching, the system is required to have precise time synchronization and frequency accuracy. At the same time, accurate measurement of aircraft velocity requires high frequency stability of the system. However, atomic frequency standards in the ground stations supply time and frequency reference standard with excellent long term and short term frequency stability for the above-mentioned goals. The stability of responder is also an important factor affecting the performance of the system and there are more requirements for the corresponding time/ frequency measurements. In the system, the responders do not use continuous wave (CW) but narrow pulse modulated wave, consequently, the characterization theory of their stability is more complicated and the measurement technique is more difficult for pulsed wave than that for CW.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 02, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADP009127
Entities
People
- Xiaofan Liu
Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration